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2024-2025 Catalog

Art AAS - Graphic Design/Computer Graphics Program


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Code: AAS.ART.GRPH

This program gives students a strong foundation in the fundamentals of artistic design, digital content creation, and portfolio development. The industries that employ graphic designers include specialized design services, publishing, advertising, public relations, and related service industries.

Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)

  1. Apply principles of design.
  2. Demonstrate fundamentals of drawing.
  3. Demonstrate photographic/graphic image skills.
  4. Demonstrate digital media skills.
  5. Develop/complete portfolio of print and digital display artworks.
  6. Demonstrate knowledge of the history of art.

Career Pathways

Art Director Multimedia Artist, Animator Graphic Designer

Recommended Semester Sequence


Subtotal: 15 Credits


Second Semester


Subtotal: 15-16 Credits


Third Semester


Subtotal: 15 Credits


Fourth Semester


Subtotal: 14 Credits


General Education Requirements


Subtotal: 6 Credits


Humanities Electives**


  • Two (2) general education courses selected from the following fields: Arts (Art [ART], Music [MUS], Theatre Arts [THR], Cinema Studies [CIN]); History (HIS); Interdisciplinary (WGS); Literature (LIT); Philosophy and Religion (PHR); World Languages and Cultures (LAN).
  • With no more than one course in any one field.

Subtotal: 6 Credits


Social Science Elective**


One general education course selected from the following fields: Economics (ECO); Geography (GEO); Political Science (POL); Psychology (PSY); Sociology (SOC) and Anthropology (ANT).

Subtotal: 3 Credits


Mathematics, Natural Science, and Technology**


One general education course to be selected from the following fields: Mathematics (MAT); Computer Science (CIS) Information Technology (INF); Biology (BIO); Chemistry (CHM); Physics (PHY).

Subtotal: 3-4 Credits


Additional General Education Course:


Subtotal: 3 Credits


Subtotal: 21-22


Subtotal: 33 Credits


Free Electives *


Subtotal: 6 Credits


Total Credit Hours: 60


Specific Program Notes

Students are encouraged to take their courses in semester sequence order.

Please note that required courses may have prerequisites. Click on each course to view details.

***Studio Art Electives: ART-123 , ART-124 , ART-127 , ART-129 , ART-181 , ART-184 , ART-192 , ART-189 , ART-197 , ART-220 , ART-223 , ART-226 , ART-228 , ART-229 , ART-259 , ART-260 , ART-281 , ART-287, ART-290 , ART-291 , ART-293 , ART-298 .

**IST-123  will fulfill 3 credit Free Electives

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